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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2020
Applicant:

Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);

Inventor:

Ryan Linderman, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignee:

Enphase Energy, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/76 (2011.01); H01R 24/28 (2011.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/0026 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01); H01R 24/28 (2013.01); H01R 24/76 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.12); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An AC trunk cable assembly and a system for coupling AC power to a power grid. In one embodiment, the AC trunk cable assembly comprises an AC trunk cable that (i) comprises at least two wires for carrying AC voltage phases, and (ii) does not have a ground wire; and a plurality of AC trunk splice connectors, spaced along the AC trunk cable, for coupling to a plurality of inverters in a one-to-one-correspondence, wherein each AC trunk splice connector of the plurality of AC trunk splice connectors comprises at least two phase-line conductors for coupling AC power from the corresponding inverter to the at least two wires of the AC trunk cable.


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